What is it about?
This article examines the emergence of Islamic militias that are often involved in political gangsterism in post-authoritarian Indonesia. It is argued that these groups are an outcome of the complex structural changes accompanying state formation in the context of capitalist development, instead of the product of a weak state as stated by an institutionalist approach or because of fragmentation of power and authority in the democratic context as argued by Migdalian state-in-society approach.
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Why is it important?
Max Weber explains that the state monopolises the legitimate use of violence. This article answers the question why the emergence of organised violence groups has accompanied the development of certain kinds of states and why in Indonesia Islamic political identity has become appealing for such groups.
Perspectives
This article uses critical political economy perspective. It criticises Weberian-influenced perspective on the relationship between the state and violence, particularly in the form of neoliberal institutionalism and Migdal's state-in-approach.
Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir
Universitas Negeri Jakarta
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This page is a summary of: Islamic Militias and Capitalist Development in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, June 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1336564.
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